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Kitchener Memorial

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew and Oystercatcher
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew and Oystercatcher
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Curlew, Oystercatcher, Starling +78 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Curlew, Oystercatcher, Starling +78 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Thrift, Sea Campion, Sea Sandwort +18 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Thrift, Sea Campion, Sea Sandwort +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Syrphus ribesii, Eristalis intricaria, Sericomyia silentis +2 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Syrphus ribesii, Eristalis intricaria, Sericomyia silentis +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 9Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Orkney Prehistory Loop RideCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

9,973 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,973 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

summerautumn

2025

Greylag Goose · Fulmar · Curlew · Great Black-backed Gull · Common Gull +52

Greylag GooseAnser anser
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
CurlewNumenius arquata
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GullLarus canus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
RavenCorvus corax
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SwallowHirundo rustica
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
GannetMorus bassanus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Rock DoveColumba livia
RedshankTringa totanus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
PuffinFratercula arctica
Common GuillemotUria aalge
TealAnas crecca
CootFulica atra
WigeonMareca penelope
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
RuffCalidris pugnax
GadwallMareca strepera
BitternBotaurus stellaris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GreenshankTringa nebularia
BlackbirdTurdus merula
EiderSomateria mollissima
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
JackdawColoeus monedula
RazorbillAlca torda

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Syrphus ribesii · Eristalis intricaria · Sericomyia silentis · Eupeodes corollae

Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae

🌿

Plants12 species

summer

2025

Sea Campion · Thrift · Sea Sandwort · Daisy · Marsh Woundwort +7

Sea CampionSilene uniflora
ThriftArmeria maritima
Sea SandwortHonckenya peploides
DaisyBellis perennis
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
PignutConopodium majus
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Red CampionSilene dioica
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,973 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

summerautumn

2025

Greylag Goose · Fulmar · Curlew · Great Black-backed Gull · Common Gull +52

Greylag GooseAnser anser
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
CurlewNumenius arquata
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GullLarus canus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
RavenCorvus corax
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SwallowHirundo rustica
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
GannetMorus bassanus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Rock DoveColumba livia
RedshankTringa totanus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
PuffinFratercula arctica
Common GuillemotUria aalge
TealAnas crecca
CootFulica atra
WigeonMareca penelope
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
RuffCalidris pugnax
GadwallMareca strepera
BitternBotaurus stellaris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GreenshankTringa nebularia
BlackbirdTurdus merula
EiderSomateria mollissima
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
JackdawColoeus monedula
RazorbillAlca torda

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Syrphus ribesii · Eristalis intricaria · Sericomyia silentis · Eupeodes corollae

Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae

🌿

Plants12 species

summer

2025

Sea Campion · Thrift · Sea Sandwort · Daisy · Marsh Woundwort +7

Sea CampionSilene uniflora
ThriftArmeria maritima
Sea SandwortHonckenya peploides
DaisyBellis perennis
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
PignutConopodium majus
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Red CampionSilene dioica
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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